Guling

Gu·ling
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proper noun

A town in Lushan, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, in eastern China.

Scrabble 8

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Kuling · alternative Ku-ling

  1. A town in Lushan, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, in eastern China.
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    In November 1981, he was touring Jiangsi province to explore investment possibilities and stopped for the night in Guling on Mount Lu. On the evening of Nov. 7, Hoose wrote a sentimental letter to his wife, Georgia. “Here I am, 61 years later, at the place I was born on June 2, 1920. Amazingly, I remember a few features from when I was six. Little has changed—just different neighbors. It is beautiful here. … Am off and down the Mt. to Kiukiang tomorrow.

    2022 February 21, Mike Chinoy, quoting Harned Pettus Hoose, “‘I Can Think as the Chinese Do’”, in Foreign Policy, archived from the original on 21 Feb 2022

Origin

  1. Mandarin牯嶺 /牯岭
  2. EnglishGuling

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 牯嶺 /牯岭 (Gǔlǐng).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 牯嶺 /牯岭
  • 牯嶺 /牯岭town in eastern China
Chinese Mandarin 牯嶺 /牯岭
  • 牯嶺 /牯岭 (Gǔlǐng)town in eastern China

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